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What Does the Bible Say About Homosexual Unions?   By Massimo Lorenzini   GOD’S LOVE FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL As you read this, please know that I am not for homosexual bashing and God isn’t either. I simply want to examine the truth. As a matter of fact God has clearly expressed His love for the homosexual through His Son Jesus Christ. The question of whether or not God loves homosexuals was settled almost two thousand years ago when Jesus was crucified on the cross, taking the punishment for sins we deserve, even the sins of homosexuals (Romans 5:8).   It is a fact that God cares for you and is deeply concerned about your life. He warns us that there are consequences to our actions. Just as God has created natural laws on the earth such as the law of gravity, there are also spiritual laws that apply to our lives that are explained within the Bible (Deuteronomy 6; 1 Timothy 1:8-10).   The following are a few facts concerning both the natural and the spiritual consequences of living a homosexual lifestyle. Remember that I am not trying to condemn, rather, my intent is to offer the freedom and hope that can be found in living God’s way.   SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? The recent debate about same-sex marriage in the U.S. prompts us to take a closer look at what God’s Word teaches about marriage since He is the one who created it. A correct understanding of the institution of marriage is critical because marriage and the family functions as the basic building block of human society. This is a fact of history as social researcher Amitai Etzioni has written, “There never was a society throughout all of history . . . without a family as the central unit for launching the education of children, for character formation, and as the moral agent of society.”   Even the United Nations recognized this in their Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) which states, “Men and women of full age . . . have the right to marry and found a family . . . . The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State” (Art. 16.1, 3).   History also reveals that nations decline and eventually die when sexual immorality becomes rampant and the traditional family is discarded in favor of group sex, homosexuality, infidelity, and unrestrained sexual hedonism.   British Anthropologist J.D. Unwin, in his 1934 book, Sex and Culture, chronicled the historical decline of numerous cultures. Unwin studied 86 different cultures throughout history and discovered a surprising fact: No nation that rejected monogamy in marriage and pre-marital sexual chastity lasted longer than a generation after it embraced sexual hedonism. Unwin stated it this way, “In human records there is no instance of a society retaining its energy after a complete new generation has inherited a tradition which does not insist on prenuptial and postnuptial continence.” Unwin found that nations that valued traditional marriage and sexual abstinence were creative and flourished. He described this as “cultural energy” that can only be maintained when sexual activities remain restricted within marriage.   GOD’S PLAN FOR MARRIAGE   This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh (Genesis 2:24).[1]   In Genesis 2:24, God established, for all time, the institution of marriage. And He didn’t leave mankind without instruction concerning marriage. In this passage alone we can find at least six principles or laws that God laid down for Adam and Eve, and for all people who would descend from them. These six principles are: Husbands, be the head. Wives, be the helper. Leave all other loyalties behind. Be absolutely loyal to your mate. Be a companion to your mate. Work together for the glory of God.[2]   Marriage is no merely human custom: It isn’t the end-product of millennia of social development. It doesn’t change with the passing of time. It doesn’t change with the evolution of cultures. It’s not subject to the ebb and flow of morality. It’s not subject to the political debates of our legislators, who presume in their great wisdom to redefine it.   No, marriage is a divinely ordered institution, defined… for all cultures, for all people, for all time, by God Himself.    A homosexual union, as committed and monogamous as it may be, will never be, can never be, a marriage. Because a marriage, as designed by God, is made up of a man who takes up the role of headship, and a woman who takes up the role of helper. And even when you have two same-sex individuals who instinctively take up these two roles, what’s absolutely clear is that one of them is biologically unfit for their role, and therefore unable to bear God’s image in it. And that is why a homosexual union, even and perhaps especially a long-term homosexual union, is simply an abomination, and an affront to the Lord, and a perversion of His design.    FRUITS OF HOMOSEXUALITY According to the Center for Disease Control in analysis after 1997: 60% of all AIDS cases in the United States are homosexual men. This is an amazing figure and is brought into focus when we consider the fact that homosexuals are only about 1-2% of the population of the United States. People are not born homosexual.  (U.S. Center for Disease Control study. Atlanta, 1982).  Current research shows no physiological or genetic difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals.  There are only genetic theories and speculations. According to Dr. Elizabeth Moberly, Cambridge University: 85-90% of all lesbians have been victims of sexual abuse. The 1948 Kinsey’s report, that stated 10% of the U.S. population was homosexual, has been completely discredited by recent studies which charge him with biased and non-representative sampling. The correct statistics according to a University of Chicago study is that about 1% of the U.S. population is homosexual. And the National Center for Health Statistics shows that less than 3% of the U.S. population is both homosexual and bisexual. The lifespan of a single homosexual man, aside from AIDS, in the United States is 42 years. This is according to a study done by Dr. Paul Cameron, Chairman of Family Research Institute, Inc. Studied were 6,737 obituaries from 18 U.S. homosexual journals over 13 years; they were compared to a large sample of obituaries from regular newspapers. (Cameron et al. The longevity of homosexuals. Omega 1994:29:249-72.)   WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? In Romans 1:25-28, God calls homosexuality unnatural:   25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions. For even their females exchanged natural sexual intercourse for what is unnatural. 27 The males in the same way also left natural sexual intercourse with females and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males and received in their own persons the appropriate penalty for their perversion. 28 And because they did not think it worthwhile to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.   In 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, God calls homosexuality unjust along with other sins. He also points out that homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. But note the last verse says that God can transform people (“you were like this”) so that they no longer practice such things:   9 Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit God's kingdom? Do not be deceived: no sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom. 11 Some of you were like this; but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.   In Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, God calls the act of homosexuality detestable and an abomination:   You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.   If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination.   THE SOLUTION After examining the Bible, we can see that God treats homosexuality as sin. Nowhere in the Bible does God accept homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle. We all freely choose our behavior and homosexuality, in the end, is another sin that people choose to commit. The question now is whether or not you are going to agree with the Almighty God, the Creator of the universe and the Creator of you. Will you say the same thing about homosexuality that He says, or will you foolishly set yourself up as the final arbiter of right and wrong.   Dear reader, God is extremely gracious and He desires that none would perish but for all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). God has made it possible through His Son Jesus Christ that you may be completely free from homosexuality as well as every other sin (John 8:34-36)! The problem is that your sin has separated you from God and keeps you from a relationship with Him (Isaiah 59:2). Romans 6:23 states that, “the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” This death sentence is on your life right now if you are not a believer in Jesus (John 3:36). Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that the heart is more deceitful than all else and desperately wicked. You must see that you are in desperate need of the blood atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ which alone can remove your sins (Hebrews 9:22).   Don’t reject the love of God! Repent of your sins (turn away from all of your sins) and receive the forgiveness and eternal life that only Jesus Christ can give through faith. God says today is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2). God knows your sins and He knows your pain. He died on the cross for the sake of it all. Cry out to Jesus Christ in faith today and He won’t reject you!   You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free… Therefore if the Son sets you free, you really will be free (John 8:32, 36).     For more research on homosexuality and how to overcome homosexual tendencies, see National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality. An extremely helpful introduction to the subject of homosexuality is The Condition of Male Homosexuality by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, the President of NARTH. This was his 2005 "Love Won Out" conference presentation. Includes a testimony by Mike Haley. The CD can be pruchased here. [1] All Scripture citations are from the Holman Christian Standard Bible. [2] For further explanation of these principles see the author’s “What is a Marriage?” at www.frontlinemin.org/marriage.asp.

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